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Carapo District

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
Huanca Sancos

Capital
  
Carapo

Area
  
241.3 km²

Region
  
Ayacucho

Founded
  
January 2, 1857

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
3,188 m

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Carapo District is one of four districts of the province Huanca Sancos in Peru.

Contents

Map of Carapo, Peru

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (84.37%) learnt to speak in childhood, 15.46% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Carapo District Wikipedia